# NTSB MKC71AK043: Piper PA-28, N7080W, Spalding, NE, February 2, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1971
- Place: Spalding, NE · SPALDING, NE
- Location: 41.6893° N, 98.3626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spalding, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6893&lon=-98.3626&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159481
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71AK043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71AK043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0095   71/2/2    SPALDING,NEBR       PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1230                    N7080W              PX-  2  1  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 51, 6244 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GLASER E.STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPALDING,NEBR               GRAND ISLAND,NEBR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- ACFT SOUTHBOUND,OBSVD TURNING E,BANK INCREASED TO ABT VERT THEN ALT DECREASED SHARPLY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7080W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7080W-1971-03-22), registration cancelled 1971-03-22, S/N 28-864 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Glaser E.Strip

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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